"I just feel like I'm a great player," Slay said after practice. "I watch film on a lot of guys, a lot of the top DB's, and I just feel like I fit in that category. The Lions feel the same way and that's why we got a deal done."

"I like the direction I feel this team is headed," Boldin said after his first practice with the team. "Good young talent and guys that are hungry. Just watching the last eight games of the season last year, I felt like this team would be in a position to compete this year."

Boldin opted to wear #80 in Detroit. He wore #81 his entire career, but made the change out of respect for the recently retired Calvin Johnson.

"You play quarterback in this league, you command the offense from day one," Stafford said Thursday in his pre-training camp press conference. "Not to say I had it all figured out when I was 21 years old, or that I do now."

For Stafford, the area he wants to improve most is simple.

"The biggest thing is just trying to find a way to win games," he said. "Obviously in this league if the quarterback plays well your chances of winning are improved, so it's on me to play as good as I possibly can to try and help the team."

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